In Conversation with Stephen Hurley
I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on “In Conversation with Stephen Hurley” from voicEd Radio discussing, amongst other things, my debut novel “1967 – a coming of age story.” You can listen to this (in my humble opinion) great interview conducted by Stephen, by following the link here https://voiced.ca/podcast_episode_post/1967-a-coming-of-age-story-ft-richard-doornink/
In addition to discussing my background in film, video, scriptwriting, and editing, we talked about the autobiographical nature of the book, the power of setting as character, and the imagery and cultural references the book, set in 1967 Canada, evokes. Oh, and we also talked about clouds, and I managed to get in a plug for my second book “Buffalo – A Love Story!”
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In Conversation with Cory Carlick
As part of my book signing at the Yorkton Public Library I had the opportunity to sit down with Cory Carlick and discuss how the book came to be written, the title and the time period in particular as it relates to the lingering mystics of Canada’s 100thanniversary.
“It brings you back to a time and place that doesn’t exist anymore, and so, you can look at the book from a bunch of different perspectives; the first being that it is a nostalgic time in place that doesn’t exist. You can see it as a coming of age story; this boy has an event during this time period that really alters the way he thinks about things — a lot of the things that haven’t been talked about in the family suddenly become clearer. But the third way you can look at the book, which is sort of a deeper aspect to the book, is that when you’re a child, a kid, a young adult — you don’t really have a big world view. And there’s this big discrepancy toward what is really going on and what adults tell their kids — compared to what’s really happening.”
To read the whole interview click here https://www.yorktonthisweek.com/entertainment/richard-doorink-s-booksigning-at-yorkton-public-library-1.23989178
In Conversation with Calvin Daniels
As part of my return to Yorkton for the launch of my first novel “1967 – a coming of age story”, I had the opportunity to discuss the book, the role that Yorkton places as the setting for the book, and how the book came to be written.
“While going to York University I took a studio class that focused on performance art, and also a film and video production class. I had terrific teachers but the one that heavily influenced me was Brenda Longfellow, an award winning Canadian filmmaker and York University professor. It was her class from which the genesis for 1967 came about, although at the time I didn’t really recognize it.
“One of the aspects of the class we studied was the focus, particularly from the Canadian perspective, of the role of memory in our history. One of the projects we did was a short, in-camera ‘home movie’. In the making of the home movie a long buried memory I had, surfaced. That’s where “1967 – a coming of age story” really started. From this single, buried memory.”
For the complete interview click the link here https://www.yorktonthisweek.com/entertainment/local-a-e/new-book-draws-on-yorkton-experience-1.23950351
